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Cover of The Ghosts of Ashbury High

The Ghosts of Ashbury High

Jaclyn Moriarty (2010)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.85
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathColonization

Positive tags

FriendshipFound FamilyMysteryHeartwarmingHumor

Hero archetypes

Ghost from PastTime-Displaced Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastMultiple POVs

Tropes

Ensemble CastMultiple POVsTime TravelGhost StoryEpistolary FormatFound FamilyMysteryHistorical Connection

Themes

Connection Across TimeIdentityFriendshipHistory and MemoryColonialismBelongingFound Family

Synopsis

Student essays, scholarship committee members' notes, and other writings reveal interactions between a group of modern-day students at an exclusive New South Wales high school and their strange connection to a young Irishman transported to Australia in the early 1800s.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyHistorical FictionEpistolaryGhost StoryTime-Slip